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September 15, 2016 An Interactive Webinar with:

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Justkidding:D

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Dick van der Sar Global Thought Leader DevOps, Atos

Andrew Phillips VP DevOps Strategy, XebiaLabs

Your hosts: Stefan Groot, DevOps Consultant, Atos

Eunice Marigliano, MarkeHng Manager, XebiaLabs

Today’s MythBusters

Atos Implementation

Partner

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XebiaLabs Technology

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About Atos/XebiaLabs

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•  Allvisitorsareon“mute”

•  Usethewebinartooltosubmitques>onsandopinions

•  Pleasefillinthepollques>onstochoosethemythsandviewyouropinionagainstpeers

•  LinkstotheslidesandrecordingwillbeavailableaHertoday’ssession

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Today’sGroundRules

It’sHardto“Sell”DevOpstotheBusiness!

ManagersDisappear!

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DevOpsorDie!

DevOpsisDevelopersDoingOpera>ons!

ProjectsareDead!

DevOpsDoesn’tWorkinComplexEnvironments!

IfYouCan’tCode,YouHaveNoChanceinDevOps!

AgileisforLazyEngineers!

TheMyths

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Note that there is not a clear true or false for each statements, since the discussions heavily depend on how you interpret the statement (and in fact, is always somewhere in-between). Nevertheless, we point out the opinion of our experts on the myth conHnuum, with 4-point scale from myth to fact:

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Mythscale:

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DevOps or Die!

MythorFact?

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Myth

•  ITisbecomingmoreandmoreimportantforthebusiness•  Almostwithoutexcep>on,themarketleadersandmost

well-knowndisruptorsinmostver>calstodayarecharacterizedbyhavingsomeformofpreeyadvancedDevOps-likestructureandprac>ce.

Fact

•  Thethreatsthatcanbringdownabusinessarepreeyuniquetoeveryorganiza>on,andweshouldfocusonthoseandconsiderallapplicablesolu>onapproaches(includingDevOps-inspiredones),ratherthangoingaHerDevOpsassomekindof“magicinvincibilitypo>on”.

DevOps or Die! Mythscale:3

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DevOps is Developers Doing OperaHons!

MythorFact?

DevOpsisDevelopersDoingOpera>ons!

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Myth

•  Theautoma>oncomponentofpreeymuchallDevOpsadop>onpathsinvolvessignificantamountsofInfrastructureasCode,whichis,well,code.Sowhetheryougetyourdeveloperstowritethiscode,orhire/trainagenera>onofsystemsengineersinhowtocodethemselves,you’llfindthatOpsstartslookingalotlikedev.

Fact

•  Whatweusuallyconsiderasdevelopers,i.e.applica>ondevelopers,oHenhaveneithertheexperiencenortheinterestinthetypesof“plajorm”or“infra”componentsthatarebeingautomated.Weneeddifferenttypesofpeoplehere.

•  Relyingonyourcoreappdeveloperstobuildoutyourinfraautoma>onwillverylikelylandyouwithapoorlyconfigured,poorlyperforming,insecuresetupthatyou’llneedtospendquitesome>mecleaninguponceinfraengineersgetinvolved.

Mythscale:2

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ProjectsareDead!

MythorFact?

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Myth

•  Short-termthinkingwiththeideathat,oncetheprojectisover,“everythingisdone”andwecanallwalkawayandhandthingsofftomaintenance.

•  ThefocusofDevOpsandagileisontheproductlifecycle,replacingthetradi>onal,project-basedapproaches

Fact

•  Therearealotoffailuresinprojects.Andcertainlylong-runningsystemsthatneedtocon>nuouslyevolvearebadlyservedbythe“builthere”,“maintainedthere”,“updatedelsewhere”approach.Buttherearealsoplentyof>ghtly-scopedsoHwareneedswhereascopedapproachthatlooksverymuchlikea“project”makessense–thinkofasystembuiltforaspecificevent,forexample.

ProjectsareDead! Mythscale:2

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DevOps Doesn’t Work in Complex Environments!

MythorFact?

DevOpsDoesn’tWorkinComplexEnvironments!

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Myth

Fact

•  Aeemp>ngtointroduceDevOpsinacomplexenvironmentispainfulpreeymuchonlyifyou’vesetyourselfunrealis>cand/orinappropriategoals.

•  Complexenvironmentstendtosufferespeciallyfromunintendedknock-oneffectsbecausesomanysystemsareinterconnected.Simplyhavingabeeerwaytocommunicateaboutthestateof,andchangesto,thesesystemscanalreadymakealotofdifference.Andthat’savery“DevOps-style”improvement.

•  Onceyoustartthrowinginlegacysystemsandslightlymoreesoterictechnologies,theamountofducttapingyouhavetodotoevenapproachautomatedenvironments,forexample,goesupdrama>cally.Andsodoestheriskthattheeffortappearstooutweighanypossiblebenefit.

Mythscale:3

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It’s Hard to “Sell” DevOps to the Business!

MythorFact?

It’s Hard to “Sell” DevOps to the Business!

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Myth

•  “WewanttostopworkingonfeaturesandsinkalotofyourmoneyintoplayingwithshinynewITtech”–that’showatypicalDevOpsini>a>vesoundstothebusiness.”

•  DevOpsimpactsthewholebusiness,especiallythosewhoneedtoworkinnewroles.Thisbringsalotofresistancewithit,especiallyfrommiddlemanagement.

Fact

•  Thebenefitsofadop>ngDevOpsareverymuchbusinessbenefits,andaren’thardtoselltothebusinessatall,althoughabalanceneedstobefoundbetweenadop>onanddisrup>ontoexis>ngneeds.Themistakeisthat,oHen,teamstrytoexplainthemethodsandprac0cesofDevOpstothebusiness;thesearetypicallyverytechnicalandthingsthebusinessneitherunderstandsnorcaresmuchabout.

Mythscale:2

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Agile is for Lazy Engineers!

MythorFact?

Agile is for Lazy Engineers!

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Myth

•  AgileandDevOpsplacestrongemphasisonreduc>oninoverheadthroughautoma>on

•  Emphasisonfewerdocumenta>on,fewermee>ngs,fewermanualtasks,etc.

•  Lazypeoplefocusonmostimportantthings(priori>es)

Fact

•  Reducingwasteandoverheaddoesnotcontributetoproduc>vityandbusinessvalue

•  Well-runningagileandDevOpsteamsactuallyarefarmoreproduc>vethanotherteamsbecauseofelimina>ngthiswaste.Ofcourse,therearealsocaseswerecertain“boring”processdeliverablesareactuallyrequired(suchase.g.testplansorcodeaudits)…andinthesecases,Agiledefinitelydoesnotgiveyoualicensetoskipthem.

Mythscale:2

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If You Can’t Code, You Have No Chance in DevOps!

MythorFact?

IfYouCan’tCode,YouHaveNoChanceinDevOps!

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Myth

•  Theautoma>onsideofDevOpsispreeymuchallInfrastructureasCode,anddoingthatatanykindofscalerequiressoHwaredevelopmentskillsthatgofarbeyondtypical“Opsscrip>ng”:CIforyourIaCcode,modulariza>on,automatedtes>ng,etc.

Fact

•  InfrastructureasCodemaybethemaincomponentofDevOpsautoma>on,buttherearelotsofothersystemsaround,especiallyinatypicalenterpriseenvironment,thatIaCisnotgenerallyverygoodat.Thinknetworkingcomponents,backupsystems,directoryserversetc.etc.

•  DevOpsautoma>onislargelyaboutconfiguringstuff,notatallabouttuningit:nomaeerhowmuchDevOpsautoma>onyouhave,queryop>miza>onwills>llneedtobedone,slowquerieswills>llneedtobeiden>fied,etc.

Mythscale:3

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MythorFact?

Managers Disappear!

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Myth

•  Managingtheproductlifecycle(andeveninprojects)isdonebythemembersoftheteam.Thismeansthatmanagementtasksdisappear,buttheroleofthemanagerandtheteamwillchange(empowerment).

Fact

•  Managersareneededtokeepafocusonthe‘bigpicture’andtohelptosteertheteamintherightdirec>on

•  Managersliasewiththebusiness,helptomanagetheirexpecta>onswithIT/DevOpsdeliverables

ManagersDisappear! Mythscale:3

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